He was one of those who had made preparations for its arrival.

Whilst waiting for it he endured his poverty with dignity, and Eveline shared that poverty without suffering as much as one might have thought.

She was in close intimacy with the Reverend Father Douillard and frequented the chapel of St.Orberosia, where she met with serious society and people in a position to render her useful services.

She knew how to choose among them and gave her confidence to none but those who deserved it.

She had gained experience since her motor excursions with Viscount Clena, and above all she had now acquired the value of a married woman.
The deputy was at first uneasy about these pious practices, which were ridiculed by the demagogic newspapers, but he was soon reassured, for he saw all around him democratic leaders joyfully becoming reconciled to the aristocracy and the Church.
They found that they had reached one of those periods (which often recur) when advance had been carried a little too far.